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Personal info

Full name
MILLS, Walter Junior
Date of birth
28 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Fort Eustis, Newport News County, Virginia
Hometown
Norfolk, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33627761
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
756th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Neuf-Brisach, Biesheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 21 5

Immediate family

Members
James H. Mills (father)
Lucille E. (Munson) Mills (mother)
Willard F. Mills (brother)
Irene (Steadman) Mills (wife)

More information

Pfc Walter J. Mills graduated from the Blair Jr. High School and was a chauffeur at the Burns and Roe Inc. on the Naval Operating Base in Norfolk.

He enlisted in Richmond, Virginia on 5 March 1943.

He was killed in action by shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / Cheney Pearson Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy